Incident #992815
Attica, Fountain Cty, Indiana
Nov 1997
Account
Stuart Robbins (or Brad LaGrange ), in a tree stand, heard growling and saw a 7 to 9-foot creature standing upright. It snorted at him, bellowed and moved away swiftly. Site is by the Wabash River in small rolling hills with creeks running through, in woods next to a harvested field.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 22 1997
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
- County
- Fountain Cty
- Nearest Town
- Attica
- Latitude
- 4017
- Longitude
- 8715
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- tree
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woodsýrolling hills
- Nearby Water
- creekýriver
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Phone cll from either Stuart Robbins - [email protected] (or trobbin2) or from Brad LaGrange - [email protected] - Witness apparently Robbins.
Creature description
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- made a noiseýwalked away
- Sound
- growlýother
- Reaction
- avoided
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- stayed still